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Orphaned at a young age, Tsaousakis started working early in life and became a professional wrestler. In [[World War II]], he served in the Greek army as a sergeant (çavuş in Turkish) and became known with the nickname "Tsaousakis").
During the German occupation, he started singing and was soon discovered by [[rebetika]] composer [[Vasilis Tsitsanis]] who brought him to [[Athens]]. There, he started his professional careerin the early post-war years. Besides Tsitsanis, he also sang songs by [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]], [[Giorgos Mitsakis]], [[Apostolos Kaldaras]], [[Babis Bakalis]], etc. Tsaousakis was the original singer of "Συννεφιασμένη Κυριακή" - "Cloudy Sunday" - a classic in Greek music. He is said to have been the inspiration and role model of [[Stelios Kazantzidis]].
He died in [[Kallithea]], on [[October 23]], [[1979]], of a heart attack.
